Jesse Szewczyk
Senior Test Kitchen Editor
Jesse Szewczyk is a food editor based in New York. He holds a degree from The Culinary Institute of America and has been a staff editor at The Kitchn and BuzzFeed Food prior to joining Epicurious as Food Editor. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Food Network, TODAY, Food52, The Washington Post, King Arthur Baking, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Allrecipes, Simply Recipes, Bake from Scratch, and several other publications. He was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 of Food & Drink and is the author of Tasty Pride (Clarkson Potter, 2020), a collection of 75 recipes and stories from the queer food community that raised $50,000 for GLAAD, as well as Cookies: The New Classics (Clarkson Potter, 2021), which was named one of the best cookbooks of 2021 by The New York Times and The New Yorker.
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Earl Grey Martini
Quickly infusing vodka with earl grey tea bags creates a distinct floral foundation for this fun (and caffeinated) take on a martini.
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How to Keep Your Rhubarb Cake From Getting Soggy
Rhubarb is juicy, which can spell disaster in a cake. Here’s how to bake one that doesn’t sog out.
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Rhubarb Cake
This rhubarb cake recipe keeps things simple and scatters thinly sliced fresh rhubarb on top of the cake
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You Don’t Have to Be a Cowboy to Love These Cookies
With chunks of chocolate, coconut flakes, and toasted pecans, cowboy cookies cram everything good into one bite.
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Cowboy Cookies
Cowboy cookies are like oatmeal ones, but packed with hearty mix-ins like coconut, pecans, and chocolate.
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Derby Pie Is Pecan Pie for Chocolate Lovers
This trademarked chocolate chip pecan pie has been the subject of countless lawsuits, but you can still make an ode to it at home.
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Kentucky Bourbon Pie
This nut pie recipe with chocolate chips and bourbon keeps things simple and honors the hallmarks of a classic Derby pie.
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One-Pot Pantry Orzo With Chickpeas
Staring down a bare pantry and fridge? This one-pot wonder—which pairs protein-rich chickpeas and briny olives and capers with tender orzo—will save dinner.
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This Oven-Grilled Chicken Brings Summer Flavor Year-Round
Grilling season starts now thanks to this one simple technique.
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Oven-Grilled Honey-Mustard Chicken
Juicy charred chicken, no grill required. For this broiled chicken recipe, you’ll use a quick marinade of mustard, honey, and mayonnaise.
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Baked Feta Meets Chickpeas in This One-Pot Pasta
Two popular recipes combine to create one comforting weeknight dinner.
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Baked Feta Pasta With Chickpeas
This one-pan pasta offers the best of two viral recipes.
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This Take on Rice Krispies Treats Is All About the Butterscotch and Peanut Butter
The Midwestern treat is a staple at sleepovers, potlucks, and everywhere in between.
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Herby Cauliflower Fritters
Frozen cauliflower deserves to be more than a side. Here a quick zap in the microwave primes the veggie crumbles to become a hearty vegetarian main.
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One-Pot Broccoli Mac and Cheese
Skip the the roux and the extra pan. Thickened with cornstarch, this cozy one-pot broccoli mac and cheese recipe comes together in just 35 minutes.
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Scotcheroos
A Midwestern dessert most easily described as peanut butter Rice Krispies Treats layered with chocolate and butterscotch, scotcheroos are practically impossible to dislike.
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Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
No eggs, no butter, and one rather unexpected ingredient.
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Chicken Parmesan on a Weeknight? It’s Possible With This One-Pan Wonder
All it takes is 30 minutes to make this simplified version of the comfort food classic.
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Skillet Chicken Parmesan With Gnocchi
Quick-cooking gnocchi goes in the same pan as the chicken for this cheesy, crowd-pleasing weeknight meal.
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Dark and Stormy–Braised Pot Roast
Comforting slow-braised pot roast makes a flavor 180 by enlisting all the bright, spiced flavors of the classic ginger-rum cocktail.